Measuring and mixing device.



G. J. OLNEY.

MEASURING AND MIXING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 1. 1916.

1 ,226, 1 O8. Patented May 15, 1917.

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GEORGE I. OLNEY, OF WES'I'EBHVILLE, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letter: Patent.

Patented May 15, 1917.

Application filed 1'cbruary 7, 1910. Serial llo. 78,820.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. OLNEY, of Westernville, in the county ofOneida and State of New York, have invented certain "new and usefulImprovements in Measuring and Mixing Devices; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the reference numerals marked tion.

My present invention relates to machines used for measuring 'ormeasuring and mixing a number of material in a given proportion.

While the machine is illustrated in the drawings and is described in thes ecification as eing a machine for measuring and mixing materials in acanning factory, it will be obvious that the machine is applicable tomanother classes of work and I do not mean to imit my invention solely tothe canning industry.

The purpose of my invention is to provide an im roved measuring andmixing machine an especially to provide a. machine of improvedconstruction and operation.

A further urpose is to rovide a machine of the c ass described 'w iereina pump is provided so operatively connected to the moving measuringparts that a desired amount of liquid is supplied to the machine andmingled with the solid or semiliquid materials being handled bythemachine.

A still further purpose of my invention is to provide a measuring andmixing machine having a pump as above mentioned and having said pump soconstructed and connected that the amount ofliquid suplied by the pumpmay-be varied as needed om time to time in making the mixture andfurthermore to provide means for so varying the feed from' said pumpduring the operation of the machine.

Another purpose of my invention is to provide a mac ine .of the classdescribed wherein means are provided for changing thereon, which formpart of this specifica.

in length the outlets 7 and *8 of t e 'ing materials used in cannin therelative e(proportion of the materials be- In measur and mixed. urtlierpurposes and advantages of my inventlon will appear from thespecification and claims herein.

Flgure 1 is a perspective viewof a measurmg and mixing machine embodyingmy invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the hoppers, measurinchamber .and mixing chamber of said mac ine.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Flg. 2. v 1

Fig. is a sectional view on line 44 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in a more particular description, there isshown two hoppers 5'and 6 preferably arranged side by side with outlets7 and 8 respectively, at their lower ends. Said outlets open into ameasuring chamber 9 which is cylindrical in shape and horizontallyarranged, being composed of a casing having curved sides 10 and endwalls 11 and 12.

Revolubly mounted in the measuring chamber 9 Is the measuring member 13provided with two series of pockets 14 and 15 arranged below andrespectivel equaling hoppers 5 and 6. The arrangement of said measuringmember is such that as the difl'erent pockets of each series are broughtbeneath the outlet into that series, said pockets will be filled withthe material from the hop er thereabove and as the measurin mem rcontinues its rotation the materia thus received and measured by themeasuring member 13 in both of its series of ockets will be carriedaround in the cylindrical measuring chamber 9 until the pockets facedownward whereupon the weight of the materials being handled will causethe material to drop fromthe pockets into the common mixing chamber 16where a worm 17 further mixes thematerials and forces it out from themixing chamber 16 to the left as shown in Fig. 2 through the outlet pipe18.

The machine illustrated herein is particularly adapted for use inmeasuring and mixsuccotash. When making succotash usua 1y 9. much largerproportion of corn is used than of beans. The measuring of the la ramount of corn is rovided for in the mac e her e1n illustrate in twoways. First by having the pockets 15 which are to receive said cornlonger than the pockets 14 and secondly by having the pockets 14 less innumber than the pockets 15. As shown particularly in Fig. 3 that portionofthe measuring member 13 that has the pockets 14 has only two pocketseach shown as being substantially a quarter of a circle transverselywhile the rest of the circle of that end of the measuring member is leftblank or without or in other words comes out to the penp of themeasuring member. It Wlll obvious that while the non-recessed portlon ofthe measuring member is'passing beneath the outlet 7 no material will beassed down into the measurin chamber a thou h the measuring member isstill rotating an at its other end is receiving and measuring corn. Thepockets 15 upon the corn measuring portion of the member 13 are shownasbeing substantially quarter sections of a circle but it will be obviousthat other forms of pockets may be used and that the number of themabout the periphery of the member 13 may be increased if desired. Inorder to main tain a positive measure it is inadvisable to have any onepocket extend more than a uarter of the way above the periphery of emeasuring'member.

The relative capacity of the two series of ockets 14 and 15 may befurther modified y inserting filling members in one or more of thepockets of a given series such for instance as the filler 19 fastened bya, screw 20 into the bottom of the upper pocket 14 in Fi 2 and 3. Itwill be obvious that such a filler will to the extent of its cubicalcontents" reduce the amount which that pocket will receive and carryaround to emptying position. p

The different parts of the machine are driven at a fixed ratio of speedby means of all the arts receiving their power from a single upon theframe work of the machine. As shown this shaft 21 is driven at arelatively slow speed through gear wheel 22 bein driven by a smaller ar23 upon a arallfi shaft 24 which is driven by large pu ley 25.

Upon the shaft 21 is secured a bevel gear 26 in mesh with another bevelgear 27 mounted upon the outside end of the shaft 28 which carries theworm 17 in the mixing chamber 1.6,. A relatively small sprocket wheel 29on hiift 21. through chain 30 and sprocket wheel '31 drives the jackshaft 32 mounted;

farther up upon the machine. On this jack 1 shaft 32 s a small pinion 33in mesh with the gear wheel 34 upon shaft 35. on this shaft 35 is abevel gear 36 .of relatively size in mesh with a larger bevel gear 37 onthe'end of the measuring member 13 which riven shaft 21 suitablyjournaled.

projects through the end wall 11 of the measuring chamber.

At one end of shaft 21 there is mounted a wheel 38 upon whicheccentrically mounted is a crank pin 39 slidingl mounted in slot 40 oflever 41 which is f iilcrumed upon a pin 42. The other end of said leverhas pivotally mounted at 43 the piston rod 44 of piston 45 of pump 46.This ump is adapted to pump brine or other iqu1d used in canning or anyother measuring and mixing process that is being carried on. From thepump shown in the drawings there extends a pipe 47 branching laterintobranches 48 and 49. The branch 48 conducts the liquid into the hoper 5 while the branch 49 conducts the i uidinto that portion of themixing. cham or through which travel the ockets 15 as shown in Fig. 4..In order to introduce the liquid from branch 49 into'the measuringchamber without interfering with the measuring and without choking thepassage for said liquid and particularly in order to provide for thenecessary escape of air I carry thesaid branch 49 up to about the levelof the top of the hopper 6 and then have said branch extend down a shortdistance within a pipe 50 having a larger internal diameter than theexternal diameter of pipe 49. from pipe 49 passes down through whichextends through the side wal of the measuring chamber and so deliversthe liq- In this 'way the liquid.

ipe 50 a whole is beingdnven at a given speed.

This adjusting means consists in the we in which the piston rod 44 isconnec to crank arm 39 b lever 41. ',The' fulcrum point 42 for sailever'is movable through said fulcrum point being a pin at the free endof a lever 51 pivotally secured to the frame of the .machme at its otherend 52. Intermediate its ends-said lever 51 is oper atively connected toan adjusting screw- 53' controlled by hand wheel 54 mounted in abracket55 conveniently rojectedfrom the frame of the machine. be obvious thatmanipulation of the hand wheel ,54 will cause the fulcrum point42Ito'move up or down and thus increase or decrease the amount of travelof the'pump piston 45 at its stroke and thus directly control theamount. of liquid handled by the pump. It

will be further noted that this control over the pump is had withoutinterfering with the operation or adjustment of the rest of the machineand furthermore that this adjustment of the amount of liquid suppliedmay be had as readily when the machine is pocket is to come.

in operation as when stopped.

The lower end of lever- 41 has an outwardly projecting finger 56 thereonsliding between fixed guideways 57 and 58 provided upon the machine inorder to prevent undue longitudinal motion of the lever 41.

Branch pipe 48 conveying the brine or other liquid for the beans whichpass down through hopper 5 and the pockets 14 is preferably connecteddirectly into the said hopper 5. The reason for this is that the beansbeing handled are substantially dry or without juice of their own whenbrought into said hopper and have some tendency to clog. As the brinehas to be mingled with the mixture later on I utilize it as it were fora lubricant to make the beans slip down readily through the hopper 5into the pockets 14 as said pockets are presented b the rotation of themeasuring member. X valve 59 conveniently located upon the external partof pipe 48 affords means for controlling the amount of liquid passinginto hopper 5 or if needed entirely cutting ofl the supply thereto. Onaccount of the arrangement of the pipes and the more 'de vious coursethat the liquid assing through pipe 49 has to take and particularly thefact that the liquid from pipe 49 is introduced down in the measuringchamber, the liquid tends to flow more freely through pipe 48 so thatthe valve 56. upon pipe 48 gets all the control that is necessary.

It will be noted by reference to Fig. 4 that the pipe conducting theliquid from pipe 49 opens into the measuring chamber on the side fromwhich the next succeeding In other words the pocket 15 receive some ofthis liquid before the pocket is open to the outlet 8 from hopper 6.admitted into each pocket 15 before any corn is received by said pocketwith the result that the sides of said pocket are cleaned or washed offby the brine and are made wet In thisway some of the liquid is" so thatthe corn will not tend to clingto the surfaces of the pocket.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. Inameasuring and mixing machine the combination of two separate hoppers, ahollow cylindrical casing therebelow with openings opposite the hoppers,a cylinder mounted therein closing the outlet from said hoppers andhaving two series of pockets, one series under each hopper and adaptedto be filled therefrom, said cylinder being revolubly mounted wherebyits pockets are filled when in upward position and may empty themselveswhen in downward position and will return to receiving position as thecylinder revolves, a pipe for conducting liquid directly into thecylinder for one series of pockets at a point before the said pocketsreach the outlet from their hopper without passing upward through t ehoper. p 2. In a measuring and mixing machine the combination of twoseparate hoppers, a hollow cylindrical casing therebelow with openingsopposite the hoppers, a cylinder mounted therein closing the outlet fromsaid hoppers and having two series of pockets, one series under eachhopper and adapted to be filled therefrom, said cylinder being revolublymounted whereby its pockets are filled when in upward position and mayempty themselves when in downward position and will return to receivingposition as the cylinder revolves, a pipe for conducting liquid to thehopper feeding one series of pockets and a pipe for conducting liquiddirectly into the cylinder for the other series of pockets at a pointbefore the said pockets reach the outlet from their hopper and'an airoutlet for the cylindrical casing oppo- GEORGE J. OLNEY.

